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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does this mean granny flats allowed?[/quote]

Yes. And that's reallly the true intent of most of the people backing the SFH zoning chnages. They want to built an ADU, not a fourplex.

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This is such BS.  It’s not about “granny flats.” (A soothing sounding term invented for ADUs.  Once legalised, the development industry then seeks to change zoning so that ADUs can be built a large as many houses and owned by investors, not owner-occupants.  They are proposing this in DC).

[b]This is about allowing apartment and condo buildings as a matter of right everywhere[/b].[/quote]

I don't live in Alexandria, but I don't have a problem with that. It's ridiculous that in large parts of every locality, the only permitted housing type is a detached house, intended for a small nuclear family, with a yard. The most expensive housing type for people, the most costly housing type for localities in terms of services, the most inefficient land use in terms of housing. Yet it must be protected from pollution by multi-unit housing (and the people who live in multi-unit housing)!!!!!!! Because ... well I'm not sure why. Sewer capacity, or something.[/quote]

One reason is that contrary to popular belief on this board, not everyone wants to live in maximum density. Some of us truly enjoy living in quiet sfh neighborhoods. Many of us lived in more dense areas at one time and made a conscious choice to move away from it. [/quote]

As a personal preference, that is evidently true. (Looking aside from your "maximum density" comment, which isn't going to happen in your lifetime. Alexandria is not Singapore.)  Some people don't want to have neighbors who live in multi-unit housing. But that's not a good basis for housing policy. I'm really glad to read this morning about the unanimous vote.[/quote]

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